The Future Leaders Awards program is brought to you in partnership with PointClickCare. The program is designed to recognize up-and-coming industry members who are shaping the next decade of senior housing, skilled nursing, home health and hospice care. To see this year’s future leaders, visit Future Leaders online. Kyle Rand, Co-founder and CEO of Rendever, […]
Fresh out of the Georgia Institute of Technology, having studied building construction, Tim Gary recognized an opportunity in a relatively new type of product: senior living communities. Gary began his first senior living project in 1996 and has not looked back. But the industry veteran recently embarked on a new chapter, launching Galerie Living in […]
Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) has struck a deal to acquire Current Health, gaining further clout in how care and services are delivered to older adults in the United States. Richfield, Minnesota-based Best Buy announced the deal on Tuesday, but did not disclose the acquisition price. “Over the coming decade, significantly more health care can be […]
Having opened four communities in 2021 while regaining all occupancy lost during the pandemic and adding further census, Koelsch Communities is emerging from Covid-19 on a strong footing. That’s according to Eva Arant, COO of the Olympia, Washington-based provider that operates a portfolio of about 40 communities across eight states. Koelsch is also innovating rapidly. […]
Aging2.0 is starting a new chapter. The organization — which focuses on accelerating technological innovation in the senior housing and care sector — has been acquired by the Louisville Healthcare CEO Council (LHCC). Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed, but LHCC announced that it will raise a $50 million fund, with the goal […]
Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) is launching a new subscription service, as well as a long rumored home assistant robot, that could further position the e-retailer and tech giant as a player in the senior care space. The service, Alexa Together, and the robot, Astro, were announced during Amazon’s invite-only fall hardware event on Tuesday. The robot […]
Senior living providers are looking to bring in tech platforms to their communities that encourage and streamline resident engagement as their top technology investment for 2021 and beyond. But providers are still getting their sea legs in the midst of the ongoing pandemic, with many indicating that they are working toward tech-based solutions to operational […]
SafelyYou, a tech startup centered around detecting and preventing falls in senior housing communities, has raised $19.5 million to accelerate the company’s growth. Eclipse Ventures led the Series-A funding along with Founders Fund and two of SafelyYou’s previous investors, DCVC and Foundation Capital. The company deploys AI-enabled cameras to consenting memory care residents’ rooms to […]
In 2019, Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian told me that he expects senior living to be disrupted within 10 years. Here’s how I summed up his thinking: “Ohanian believes that a new senior living brand could emerge that has ‘amazing software really built into every bit of the process,’ to better appeal to and serve the […]
Based on comments from panelists during two recent webinars, as well as conversations I’ve had in the last few weeks, I believe that two trends are converging in senior living: wellness and psychographics. Specifically, more senior living owners and operators are gathering and analyzing psychographic data to gain deeper insights into consumers. Savvy organizations will […]
